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A General Clause of Punitive Damages Should Be Established in ChinaâS Future Civil Code
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Punitive damages have several functions that are worthy of serious research. For instance, punitive damages could help to compensate victims for moral damages suffered and offer more sufficient ex-ante compensation in cases of wrongful death or bodily injury, thus compensating for the losses suffered by victims more completely; they could punish private wrongs more effectively and provide a means of personal revenge within the law, incidentally deterring and preventing future wrongs; they could be used to correct abuses of power or status by the rich, large corporations, or the government; and they could be used to complement criminal law, etc. In order to fully realize the advantages of this institution in the Chinese society, we should expand its application in Chinaâs tort law and carefully design the scope of its application, including the subjects to which it would be applicable and the amounts that would be allowable. In the short term, the application of punitive damages could be expanded through specific individual legislation, increase of the amounts of compensation for mental damages in individual cases or local legislation. In the long term, a general clause on punitive damages should be established in tort law in Chinaâs future Civil Code, stipulating that âpunitive damages can be applied to those who have performed tortious acts that deserve severe moral condemnation, due to the actorâs malicious intent or indifference or disregard for othersâ rights.â
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A General Clause of Punitive Damages Should Be Established in ChinaâS Future Civil Code
in Frontiers of Law in ChinaSearch for other papers by Bai Jiang in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Punitive damages have several functions that are worthy of serious research. For instance, punitive damages could help to compensate victims for moral damages suffered and offer more sufficient ex-ante compensation in cases of wrongful death or bodily injury, thus compensating for the losses suffered by victims more completely; they could punish private wrongs more effectively and provide a means of personal revenge within the law, incidentally deterring and preventing future wrongs; they could be used to correct abuses of power or status by the rich, large corporations, or the government; and they could be used to complement criminal law, etc. In order to fully realize the advantages of this institution in the Chinese society, we should expand its application in Chinaâs tort law and carefully design the scope of its application, including the subjects to which it would be applicable and the amounts that would be allowable. In the short term, the application of punitive damages could be expanded through specific individual legislation, increase of the amounts of compensation for mental damages in individual cases or local legislation. In the long term, a general clause on punitive damages should be established in tort law in Chinaâs future Civil Code, stipulating that âpunitive damages can be applied to those who have performed tortious acts that deserve severe moral condemnation, due to the actorâs malicious intent or indifference or disregard for othersâ rights.â
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
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| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 363 | 44 | 3 |
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